accountablenessn.

Brit.

/əˈkaʊntəblnəs/, U.S.

/əˈkaʊn(t)əbəlnəs/

Forms: see accountable adj. and -ness suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: accountable adj., -ness suffix.

Etymology: < accountable adj. + -ness suffix.

The quality or fact of being accountable (to or †unto a person, for a thing); liability to give account and answer for one's conduct, performance of duty, etc.; responsibility. Also: an instance of this (rare). Cf. accountability n.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > duty or obligation > responsibility > [noun] > fact of being responsible, answerable, or liable

accounta1393

respondence1586

accountableness1625

accountability1750

answerability1769

amenability1789

liability1794

answerableness1813

accountment1857

1625 R. Bolton Some Gen. Direct. for Comfortable Walking with God 142 Otherwise, both thou and they..iustly incurre the guilt and accountablenesse euen for other mens sinnes so vnhappily concealed.

1648 Remonstr. Army & Officers 48 Their accountableness to none on earth.

1649 J. Goodwin Ὑβριστοδίκαι: Obstructours of Justice 5 If an accountablenesse unto God for the breach of such laws of his..were a due ground of exemption from suffering in the courts of humane Justice [etc.].

1669 A. Honyman Surv. Naphtali II. 64 Subordination to the Prince, as to direction, accountableness, or censurableness.

1724 J. Boyse Disc. on Four Last Things vi. 123 His Supreme Dominion and Rightful Authority over us his reasonable Creatures, and our Accountableness to him as the Witness and Judge of all our Actions.

1788 T. Reid Ess. Active Powers Man iv. vii. 622 His accountableness has the same extent and the same limitations.

1831 T. De Quincey Dr. Parr in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 76/1 The same disdain of accountableness to his party leaders.

1868 M. E. Braddon Dead-Sea Fruit II. xiv. 198 The..ideas of man's accountableness for the soul of his weaker partner.

1916 N. Amer. Rev. 203 165 Neither he [sc. President Wilson] nor Colonel House..would deny a measure of obligation to the Democratic party. But to what..extent does this accountableness apply with respect to the Single Term?

1989 J. P. Reid Concept of Representation in Age Amer. Revol. vi. 81 Universal representation postulated representational accountableness to the ‘people’ rather than to the integrity of the institution or to the constitution.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	accountableness
释义	accountablenessn. Brit. /əˈkaʊntəblnəs/, U.S. /əˈkaʊn(t)əbəlnəs/ Forms: see accountable adj. and -ness suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: accountable adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < accountable adj. + -ness suffix. The quality or fact of being accountable (to or †unto a person, for a thing); liability to give account and answer for one's conduct, performance of duty, etc.; responsibility. Also: an instance of this (rare). Cf. accountability n. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > responsibility > [noun] > fact of being responsible, answerable, or liable accounta1393 respondence1586 accountableness1625 accountability1750 answerability1769 amenability1789 liability1794 answerableness1813 accountment1857 1625 R. Bolton Some Gen. Direct. for Comfortable Walking with God 142 Otherwise, both thou and they..iustly incurre the guilt and accountablenesse euen for other mens sinnes so vnhappily concealed. 1648 Remonstr. Army & Officers 48 Their accountableness to none on earth. 1649 J. Goodwin Ὑβριστοδίκαι: Obstructours of Justice 5 If an accountablenesse unto God for the breach of such laws of his..were a due ground of exemption from suffering in the courts of humane Justice [etc.]. 1669 A. Honyman Surv. Naphtali II. 64 Subordination to the Prince, as to direction, accountableness, or censurableness. 1724 J. Boyse Disc. on Four Last Things vi. 123 His Supreme Dominion and Rightful Authority over us his reasonable Creatures, and our Accountableness to him as the Witness and Judge of all our Actions. 1788 T. Reid Ess. Active Powers Man iv. vii. 622 His accountableness has the same extent and the same limitations. 1831 T. De Quincey Dr. Parr in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 76/1 The same disdain of accountableness to his party leaders. 1868 M. E. Braddon Dead-Sea Fruit II. xiv. 198 The..ideas of man's accountableness for the soul of his weaker partner. 1916 N. Amer. Rev. 203 165 Neither he [sc. President Wilson] nor Colonel House..would deny a measure of obligation to the Democratic party. But to what..extent does this accountableness apply with respect to the Single Term? 1989 J. P. Reid Concept of Representation in Age Amer. Revol. vi. 81 Universal representation postulated representational accountableness to the ‘people’ rather than to the integrity of the institution or to the constitution. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1625
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